Sister's Choice
A five-patch star built from squares and half-square triangles: a centre nine-patch with a light plus and dark centre, ringed by eight triangle points that run out towards the light corner squares, with a dark square at the middle of each side.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- five-patch
- Piece Count
- 33
- Tags
- five-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
Construction Tips
Sew five rows of five units. Keep the triangle units oriented so each pair of points meets at the inner corner of a corner square.
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